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Rachuonyo South District Mock - Cre Paper 1 Question Paper

Rachuonyo South District Mock - Cre Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

311/1
HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
History & Government
Paper 1
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-
• This paper consists of three sections; A, B, & C
• Answer all questions in section A, three questions in section B and any two questions in section C.
• Answers to all questions must be written in the separate sheets provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that both pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are
missing.
SECTION A. ( 25 MARKS)
Answer all questions
1. State the functions of the council of elders of the Akamba before 1850 (2mks)
2. Identify the economic activities of the earliest inhabitants of Kenya, (the Khoisan) (2mks)
3. State two religious functions of the Orkoiyot in the pre-colonial Nandi community. (2mks)
4. Give two reasons why chief’s Baraza is important in Kenya. (2mks)
5. Give the occasions when the president must attend parliament. (2mks)
6. What is the main role of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission? (1mk)
7. Name one Kenyan community that dispersed from Mt. Elgon (1mk)
8. Identify two ways in which the British controlled the movement of Africans to the
Urban areas during the colonial period. (2mks)
9. Name the document that defines the right of a child. (1mk)
10. Identify two external sources of government revenue in Kenya. (2mks)
11. How many counties is Kenya divided into in the new constitution. (1mk)
12. Identify two parliamentary committees formed by the Kenya National Assembly. (2mks)
13. State the function of the African welfare Organizations in the colonial period. (2mks)
14. What is the meaning of the term referendum? (1mk)
15. Identify the economic factors that led to multipartism in Kenya in 1991. (2mks)
SECTION B. ( 45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section.
16. (a) Outline three reasons why there was an increase in demand for slaves from East Africa after 1840. (3mks)
(b) Explain the effects of the slave trade on the African peoplein Kenya. (12mks)
17. (a) State why the colonial government encouraged white settlement in Kenya (3mks)
(b) Describe theagricultural developments during the colonial period in Kenya. (12mks)
18. (a) State any three Cushitic communities in Kenya apart from the Borana. (3mks)
(b)Describe the Political organization of the Borana in the pre-colonial period in Kenya (12mks)
19. (a) Identify the roles played by political parties in the struggle for independence in Kenya between 1945-1963. (5mks)
(b) Explain why the British changed their attitudes towards colonization in Kenya
between 1945 – 1960. (10mks)
SECTION C. ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions in this section.
20 (a) State five principles of Democracy (5mks)
(b) Explain five merits of democracy. (10mks)
21. (a) State three functions of country Assemblies as proposed in the new constitution. (3mks)
(b) Explain six objectives of the devolved government proposed in the new constitution.
(12mks)
22. (a) what is the composition of the national Assembly in the new constitution. (3mks)
(b) Explain six roles of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries commission of Kenya. (12mrks)

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